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Diesel <-> kerosene

To: dterrick@pangea.ca, triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Diesel <-> kerosene
From: JIM_WALLACE@HP-Canada-om1.om.hp.com
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 17:06:31 -0500
Dave typed:
"...Since that day I have had a problem with kerosene heaters, since it was 
the lingering smell of diesel being burnt (smells tha same anyway)..."

Can someone tell me if there's a difference between kerosene, diesel, lamp 
oil, and furnace oil? Lately I've seen some of these used (in text) as 
though they're interchangeable. A small diesel engine I was looking at had 
its roots in a kerosene engine, a diesel car will run on furnace oil, and 
lamps will run on kerosene (mine will, anyway).

Note I have used the North American terminology.

Thanks,
Jim Wallace


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